February 19, 2015, 6:44PM

Magazine Street will close Friday (Feb. 20) between Second and Fourth Streets near the Garden District until further notice, according to a report in the Uptown Messenger. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans said it would be "excavating the street for an assessment of underground infrastructure," according to the website. Read the Uptown Messenger's full report here.... Full story »

December 10, 2014, 5:44PM

The man killed earlier this week when the truck in which he was riding struck a parked car and flipped in the Irish Channel neighborhood has been identified as 53-year-old John Alexander of Central City. New Orleans police said Alexander was the passenger in a pickup truck driven by Isaac Nelson, and was left trapped with fatal injuries in the... Full story »

November 27, 2014, 9:30AM

A man working on an air conditioner above the Irish Channel bar Tracey's wound up in the hospital Wednesday after being shocked with 13,000 volts of electricity, the TV station WDSU has reported. Emergency crews responded around 5 p.m., temporarily closing the intersection of Magazine and Third streets. While the man appeared to have visible burns, he was conscious... Full story »

October 14, 2014, 12:52PM

New Orleans police responded quickly Tuesday morning to a report from ReNEW SciTech Academy that a sixth-grader had brought a gun inside his bookbag to the Irish Channel school. No one was injured, and ultimately no weapon was found, even after police scoured the back yard of a home across the street at Jackson Avenue and Laurel Street, where police said a detained... Full story »

October 14, 2014, 11:19AM

New Orleans police search the back yard of a house near Laurel Street and Jackson Avenue on Tuesday (Oct. 14), attempting to locate a handgun after reports that a sixth-grader at ReNEW SciTech Academy had brought a gun near the school. NOPD said it didn't find a weapon.

October 14, 2014, 11:19AM

New Orleans police search the back yard of a house near Laurel Street and Jackson Avenue on Tuesday (Oct. 14), attempting to locate a handgun after reports that a sixth-grader at ReNEW SciTech Academy had brought a gun near the school. NOPD said it didn't find a weapon.

October 14, 2014, 11:18AM

New Orleans police search the back yard of a house near Laurel Street and Jackson Avenue on Tuesday (Oct. 14), attempting to locate a handgun after reports that a sixth-grader at ReNEW SciTech Academy had brought a gun near the school. NOPD said it didn't find a weapon.

October 14, 2014, 11:12AM

New Orleans police hold a student Tuesday (Oct. 14) as officers investigate a report that a gun was brought near the campus of ReNEW SciTech Academy at 820 Jackson Ave. Officers didn't find a gun, and the student was not arrested.

October 14, 2014, 11:11AM

New Orleans police hold a student Tuesday (Oct. 14) as officers investigate a report that a gun was brought near the campus of ReNEW SciTech Academy at 820 Jackson Ave. Officers didn't find a gun, and the student was not arrested.

October 14, 2014, 11:10AM

New Orleans police hold a student Tuesday (Oct. 14) as officers investigate a report that a gun was brought near the campus of ReNEW SciTech Academy at 820 Jackson Ave. Officers didn't find a gun, and the student was not arrested.

September 29, 2014, 9:52PM

A woman whose federal lawsuit claims she suffered serious injuries after being hit by a cabbage during the annual Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Club parade is seeking more time to find who hurled the vegetable, court records show. In a motion for a 90-day extended deadline filed Monday (Sept. 29) in U.S. District Court, an attorney for plaintiffs Jean... Full story »

July 31, 2014, 5:18PM

New Orleans police have arrested a suspected heroin dealer following an early morning drug raid in the Irish Channel neighborhood, the Uptown Messenger reported. The report states officers seized $18,000 worth of heroin from a car in the 700 block of Washington Avenue on Tuesday (July 29) morning. Police officers arrested Ernest Gaskin, 59, after they say they witnessed him... Full story »

July 15, 2014, 8:27AM

The curiously named AJ&J Asian Bistro has been taking shape on Magazine Street across from Stein's Market and Deli for months. Now the pan-Asian restaurant with a ultra-modern interior has opened. Full story »

July 11, 2014, 1:07PM

NOLA will build its new taproom in a leased building next to the brewery on the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Eighth streets. The taproom, twice the size of the current one, will be two stories. The downstairs will feel like a classic New Orleans bar. The upstairs will have a partially covered deck. Full story »

July 01, 2014, 11:50PM

New Orleans police are searching for a "person of interest" in an armed robbery Friday (June 27). The robbery took place at Constance Street and Seventh Street in the Irish Channel neighborhood at just before 11:45 p.m., according to police. The suspect was captured on surveillance video at a variety of businesses trying to use stolen credit cards, police... Full story »

May 01, 2014, 7:55PM

An eastern New Orleans man's astonishment at the thoroughness of city police only helped to confirm investigators' suspicions that he attempted to kill a man March 29 in an Irish Channel neighborhood, police say. Percy Brown, 25, was booked Thursday (May 1) with attempted first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, after New Orleans police... Full story »